Alumni Connection
Our alumni, faculty and students are front and center in the fight against COVID-19 and racial injustice. Check out the creative ways we’re contributing to a better world.
Snapshot
"My hope is that this moment of history will force us to stop and think and genuinely consider what actions each of us can undertake to make our world – and college – a better place." Read the full letter from Dean Cathy Lysack to the WSU Applebaum community, which hosted a powerful dialogue on racism last week.
Earlier in June, health care professionals across the nation – including WSU Applebaum faculty and students – knelt for 10 minutes in memory of George Floyd and all victims of systemic racism as part of the White Coats for Black Lives movement, which aims to encourage widespread recognition of racism as a public health issue. Detroit's event was on Brush Mall between Harper Hospital and Children's Hospital.
Feature story
PT/OT couple publishes high-impact research on COVID-19 treatment possibility
Their own work hampered by Michigan's stay-at-home order, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Joseph Roche and his wife Renuka, an occupational therapy professor at EMU, collaborated on research hypothesizing that dysregulated bradykinin signaling is involved in COVID-19 respiratory complications, which was quickly published by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology's flagship journal. “I believe that all scholars trained in the scientific method can contribute in some way in a crisis like this epidemic,” Roche said.
Headlines
Allison Hanson '14 part of June 23 COVID-19 medication safety panel
Detroit News: Professor Michael Rybak on hydroxychloroquine controversy
Chinese faculty, community pool resources to donate 50,000 pieces of PPE
TIME Magazine: Three days in a Detroit funeral home ravaged by the coronavirus
Fox 2 Detroit: Mark Mitchell '13 on PT's role in COVID-19 recovery
CBS News: Ryan Desgrange '08 on the PA experience during COVID-19
Faculty Against Coronavirus Team (FACT) curates reliable COVID-19 news
Christine Rabinak part of $4 million NIH grant for PTSD treatment research
Nurse anesthesia student Toleka Taylor aims to inspire low-income youth to pursue health care careers
PT student Haley Boccomino strives to improve health care for LGBTQ and other underrepresented populations
Physician Assistant Studies alumna Kimberly Hurst '01 honored by Crain's Detroit Business
Celebrate Hanley Abramson's 80th birthday with a scholarship tribute gift
A memorial tribute to W. Dale Walls (1927-2020) by Hanley Abramson
Oregon Rep. Mitch Greenlick '57, '61, health care advocate, dies at 85
Thank you, health sciences preceptors!
WSU Applebaum health sciences students and athletic training students from the WSU College of Education created a special message of gratitude to honor all the preceptors who have donated their time and energy to make a significant impact on their professional training. Preceptors, we couldn't do it without you!
Philanthropy corner
We remain committed to the mission of creating a diverse and inclusive student body at the Eugene Applebaum College for Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Philanthropy can help that mission through the creation of endowed funds.
You can read about two recipients of the 2020 Dean's Endowed Recruitment Scholarship, Haley Boccomino and Toleka Taylor, to see the exponential impact endowed funds can make on our college, the university and our community.
Thank you for your consideration and please contact Director of Development Jon Goldstein to discuss how to make an impact.
An anchor in urban health care
As one of the founding colleges of Wayne State University, the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is built on 100 years of tradition and innovation in the heart of Detroit. We have grown deep roots in our city, harnessing its powerhouse hospital systems and community service organizations as vibrant, real-world training grounds for our students. And our research at all levels – from undergraduates to veteran faculty members – translates into creative solutions for healthier communities.
